Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1771
A few days later, Yi Sun-sin, the left water envoy of Jeolla Province, received a report from his own fishermen that Japanese warships were gathering around Geoje Island.Li sunshin realized that the Japanese naval army must have a big plan brewing, and nine times out of ten it might be aimed at him, so he immediately called Li Yiqi, the right water envoy of Jeolla Province, and Yuan Jun, the right water envoy of Gyeongsang Province, to discuss together.

Yi Sun-shin did his part and took the lead to speak: "The Japanese warships are gathering around Geoje Island. It is reported that there are a large number of them, at least sixty or more. On the other hand, there are still 24 warships here in our army. The Youshi should have 25 warships, and the Yuan Youshi has seven warships, although there is a slight gap with the Japanese army, but it is not impossible to fight."

Yuan Jun pondered and said: "Judging from the location where the Japanese pirates gathered this time, it can be said to be menacing. It must be for revenge. We must be cautious and not fight lightly. If we fall into the trap, the previous victories of the Korean Navy will be lost. All previous efforts were wasted.

I think the Japanese pirates are cunning and cruel, with a strong desire for revenge, and their commanding troops will be ashamed. I am afraid that this is not the only time to gather, and there should be a large follow-up fleet to support... In short, for our army, After that, it was all tough battles. "

Li Shunchen nodded in agreement, but quickly said: "I have already planned this battle, so I would like to invite you to take a look at it: I plan to set up an ambush in the waters of Xianshan Island. The water here is deep and flat, and it is extremely wide, which is conducive to large fleets." Ambush and unfold.

Specifically, I will first dispatch several warships to fight my flag, and lure Japanese ships to leave Geoje Island and chase them to the waters of Hansan Island. At this time, although our fleet is far away, I will let the Japanese ships When the designated position is reached, the cannon letters are fired in succession, and each team sails to the enemy ship when they hear the cannon letters.

It is expected that once this is the case, our army will be able to encircle the Japanese army in the formation of crane wings, keep the distance, and bombard with all our strength. My four turtle ships will also break into the enemy's formation, disrupting the formation of the Japanese army fleet, making it difficult for them to fight independently. combat power. "

This plan sounds good, but Li Yiqi still seemed a little uneasy because of the right water in Jeolla Province. He frowned and pondered for a long time before slowly saying: "Even so, it seems that there is no guarantee. Two, the experience of the Japanese army After repeated defeats, there must be some responses. Whether it can be easily seduced, I am afraid it is still unknown.

In addition, the warships of the Japanese army are huge this time, and it may be even more difficult for our army to take the initiative to attack, and the Japanese army may also disperse their actions. If they turn around our army at that time, what should Li Zuoshui do?

Li Zuoshui, the speed of the Japanese ships is higher than that of our army. Once they seize the opportunity and engage in close combat, our army's advantage may disappear.In my opinion, this battle is extremely critical, no matter what, it must be considered thoroughly. "

Li Sunchen was quite confident, or had a plan in mind, and he replied frankly: "As you two said, the Japanese boats assembled for revenge, so if this is the case, once the lure boats have my banner, the Japanese pirates will naturally pursue them with all their strength. , otherwise what revenge?
Although the Japanese pirates gathered a large number of warships to build their courage, it can be seen that they are still afraid of the previous naval battle, so they will never disperse their actions before seeing the main force of our army, so as to avoid being defeated by our army one by one.However, it is precisely because of this that our army's plan to lure the enemy will surely succeed, and when the Japanese pirates find out that they have already been surrounded by crane wings, they will undoubtedly fail.

Of course, please rest assured, if it really fails to lure the enemy, then I will make another plan at that time, but it will not be too late. "

Li Yiqi and Yuan Jun saw that although Li Sunshen was confident, he was not too reticent to listen to opinions, so after thinking for a while, they both agreed.Afterwards, the two returned to their base camps, assembled their warships, and joined Yi Sun-shin's troops.

On the other side, Wakisaka Anji's army was berthed at Geoje Island, when it was reported that there was an attack from a North Korean Navy warship.Yasuji Wakisaka led the crowd to inspect, and they saw six Korean wooden warships sailing towards Geoje Island swaggeringly.

Wakisaka Yasuji took a closer look and saw Li Sun-shin's flag standing out. He became angry and immediately ordered the whole army to board the ship and pursue it.Seeing his appearance, the Zuo Bingwei of Xiban probably raised his troops out of anger, so he hurriedly persuaded Anzhi to be careful that this was a tactic to lure the enemy.

However, Wakisaka Anji was impatient and said loudly, "Yi Sun-shin is close at hand, and his strength is weak. The opportunity must not be lost, and it will never come again! If we catch up with the enemy ships as soon as possible and annihilate Yi Sun-shin, the Korean navy will collapse. It is a tactic to lure the enemy, but our warships are more flexible than the Korean warships, as long as the enemy's ambushes appear, they can disperse and encircle according to the plan, so there is nothing to be afraid of!"

He made up his mind, and immediately ordered: Anyone who captures Li Sun-shin alive will be rewarded with 73 guan!Faced with such a huge reward, the entire Japanese navy was excited and clamored to board the ship and set sail.For a time, [-] warships of the Japanese army rushed out at the fastest speed.

In the early morning of the [-]th, the three Japanese fleets were led to the waters of Hansando Island. North Korea lured the ships to the designated location, fired artillery letters and fired back at the Japanese fleet, but the Japanese navy continued to pursue them.

But half a moment later, Yasuji Wakisaka and other generals were surprised to find that a large number of Korean warships were coming from the three sides of the sea, and they had become encircled by crane wings. There was a turtle ship on each side and two ships on the front, heading towards the Japanese navy. advance.

Yasuji Wakisaka saw that the navy had been encircled, although he regretted it in his heart, but as Toyotomi Hideyoshi's favorite general and one of the seven guns of Chiyake, he has already achieved great success, how could he leave without a fight?Not only did Wakisaka Yasuji not leave, but instead burst into anger, he ordered the three teams to rush forward and fight to the death with all their strength.

Li Sunchen was overjoyed when he saw this. In his opinion, given the size of the Japanese fleet, if he made up his mind to break out of the siege now, his own encirclement might not be able to stop him. Hard to say.

Now Wakisaka Anzhi did not evade, but instead attacked from three directions separately, then he was really on the point of the gun, such a great opportunity, how could he let go of it?
Therefore, Yi sun-shin immediately sent an order to the whole army to keep a distance and shoot immediately.The Japanese fleet was bombarded continuously under the siege of the North Korean wooden house boats, and suffered minor or heavy damage.The ships wanted to advance, but they were severely disturbed by shelling and fire arrows, and the execution effect was really poor.

Although Japan's famous arquebus guns are relatively well-made, after all, the gun-to-cannon shooting range is limited, and it has little effect in the chaos of shelling.In addition, the four turtle ships were rampaging in the enemy's formation, causing the Japanese army's formation to be chaotic for a while, making it even more difficult to form a joint force.

Fortunately, there were enough Japanese warships after all, and the desire for revenge was indeed strong. Even if they just launched several counterattacks as if they were fighting independently, they gradually approached the North Korean fleet.

Seeing this, Yasuji Wakisaka immediately ordered the Anzhai boats to divide into two teams, each in the front and back, and the small and medium-sized warships transferred to the middle, and cooperated with each other to attack North Korea.

When Li Sunchen saw the Japanese army changing formation, he would not be indifferent, so he also ordered the bombardment of Anzhai's squadron to divert it, and then ordered four turtle boats to ram the small and medium Japanese warships to disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army's formation change.

The Japanese Anzhai ship was pinned down by firepower, and it was difficult for a while to detach smoothly. In addition, there was a disturbance in the middle of the turtle ship, and the small and medium-sized warships had to scatter in all directions. As a result, the Japanese army was in chaos again.

Due to the clear pre-war planning of the Korean navy, the ministries led by Yi Sun-shin, Lee Yi-ki, and Won Kyun adjusted their battle lines in a timely manner according to the prior deployment, moved ahead of schedule, and maintained a momentum of encirclement and continuous offensive at all times.

The naval battle of Hansando lasted from early morning to dusk, and the increasingly chaotic Japanese army was finally defeated again.Wakibata Sabei and Watanabe Shichiemon were killed on the spot. Naonabe Sama Yun was so ashamed and indignant that he committed seppuku. In order to save the last warship, the main general Wakisaka Yasuji had to endure the humiliation and led the remnants to break through the encirclement and fled in embarrassment.

During the Battle of Hansando, Yi sun-shin reported to the Joseon court that the Japanese army had 36 large ships, 24 medium ships, and 63 small ships in this battle. The Korean navy destroyed a total of [-] enemy ships.The warships of the North Korean navy were quite damaged, but luckily none of them were sunk.

In fact, there is another copy of this battle report, which was written by a North Korean merchant ship of the Northern Maritime Trade Alliance that appeared with the North Korean Navy in the name of "observation".Its battle report was naturally not sent to the Korean court, but was sent directly to the direction of the Ming capital after returning to Hong Kong.

In this battle report, in addition to the record of the battle situation, it also specifically mentioned why the Japanese army failed to achieve the results of sinking or destroying any of the Korean warships.

The reason is simple: the Japanese navy seriously lacked heavy firepower and could not seriously damage North Korean ships at a long distance, let alone destroy them.And because North Korea fought with only four turtle ships that were not afraid of fire and were inconvenient to climb, so although the Japanese army was excited and resisted for a long time, it was in vain after all.

In fact, this battle report only proves that the warship development plan that Gao Yushi made for the Daming Navy, the Liangyang Fleet, and the noble fleet is very forward-looking. To some extent, it can be regarded as the result of the battle with the Japanese and Korean navy It disproves the correctness of the high-practical naval construction theory, but the other meanings are not significant.

After all, although Gao Wushi may not know that there will be today's battle, he can at least be sure that as long as the Japanese navy does not transfer the "new fleet" to North Korea, it is almost doomed to be beaten by Yi Sun-shin, and there will be no accidents at all. .

Not to mention that it will take several days for Gao Wushi to receive his own "observation report" of this battle, but he said that after the war, the North Korean navy retreated from Hong Kong and rested, and Yi sun-shin had to report that the fleet of the Japanese navy general Yoshiro Kuki was on the way. Gupu moored.

As winter had begun at this time, the weather became severe, which was not conducive to naval operations.The weather was not good, and Li Sunchen had no good solution, so he delayed until the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, and then he was able to lead the whole army to attack Angupu.

There are 42 Japanese warships moored in Angulo, of which there are 21 large Antaka ships, and there is an iron-clad Antaka ship "Nippon Maru" sitting in command.This Japanese Maruno Kuki Yoshitaka's proud shipbuilding work not only brought the original Japanese shipbuilding skills to the peak, but also added many "advanced technologies" brought by "craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty".

Since this "Nippon Maru" dared to use the country name of "Japan", it is naturally not an ordinary person.Not only is it the largest of all Japanese atakas, but the materials used are extremely luxurious - oh, extremely rigorous and carefully selected.

Not to mention other materials, Nippon Maru spent 1000 taels of silver on the top-quality shipbuilding teak imported from southern Xinjiang through the Maritime Trade Alliance.Whether this Nippon Maru is the most capable warship in Japan is still hard to say, but if the cost is high, it must be the most expensive in Japan, even more expensive than the ship bought from the Maritime Trade Alliance.

Of course, it is not only the wood that is so expensive, the hull of this ship is also very Japanese-style, with iron armor everywhere for fire protection, and it looks even stronger.

Furthermore, thanks to the guidance of Ming craftsmen, the warship itself was much larger than the previous Japanese ships.It can store [-] shi of grain, set up [-] oars, and carry [-] troops.

The deck has three floors of attics, and there are many narrow spaces on both sides of the ship, which can be used for iron cannons, bow and arrow shooting, and roasting and throwing. There is a Jinghua No. [-] large cannon (artillery) on the front and sides of the hull, which can be said to be unprecedented in Japanese history. Unseen giant ship.Yoshitaka Kuki, as the supervisor of Nippon Maru, has been proud of it since its completion.

However, Kuki Yoshitaka and Kato Yoshiaki are in Marunai, Japan at this time, and they have already received the military report of Wakisaka Yasuji's defeat in Hanshan Island, and they are quite worried.

Kato Yoshiaki sighed and asked: "Our army's main force of 73 warships is an extremely powerful sea force no matter how you look at it, but it is unexpected that they suffered such a big defeat.

Your Highness Ohsumi, although I have also fought against Yi Sun-shin, I still don’t know the reason why I lost the battle. If it is because of the turtle ships, the number of turtle ships is extremely limited. Why do you always have to fight the turtle boat?

Now that the North Korean navy has won another victory in Hansando, considering that Yi Sun-shin loves to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, I expect that he will attack Angupo immediately. If so, how should we respond? "

Gugui Jialong said: "I am also quite surprised by the performance of the North Korean navy, but right now I don't have time to think about it carefully. As a general of the navy, it is natural for Li Sunshin to come to me, but now the North Korean navy The morale of the army must be high...

In view of the previous major defeats, it is not allowed to play rashly this time.Most of Angupo's waters are shallow, and it is easy to ground warships, which is not conducive to naval battles with large ships. If Yi Sun-sin comes, he will definitely try to lure me to go to sea again, but I just can't hold on.

It is difficult for the large ships of the North Korean Navy to enter the bay, and the small ships are no match for our army, so what can we do?The key right now is to try our best to avoid entering the range of the large North Korean ships and large barrels, and just stick to it and wait for help.What's more, our army still has Nippon Maru in command. Once the reinforcements arrive, they will attack Yi Sun-sin from inside and outside! "

Since the distance between the two places is not very far, the North Korean navy arrived in Angupu one day later.

Seeing that it was difficult for the warships with wooden houses to enter Angupu, Li Sunchen ordered the front to lure the enemy, bombarded clearly and then retreated as a sign of weakness.However, Jiugui Jialong was really unmoved, and could not stand firm under strict orders. Li Shunchen tried to lure the enemy several times to no avail. He worried that if the stalemate continued for a long time, Japanese reinforcements might attack at any time. Instead, the salvo of artillery and arrows does not give the enemy a chance to breathe.

Kuki Yoshitaka also asked Kato Yoshiaki to lead his troops to make full use of the Angupu terrain, cooperate with land and water, resist counterattacks, and replace the iron guns of warships to shoot, and stand by for help.

At this time, the Jinghua No. [-] large tank equipped with Nippon Maru caused troubles to the North Korean navy several times because of its great power and long range. One of the warships was even pierced through the bottom by a cannon from the sidestring, and almost sank on the spot. With great difficulty, he was rescued under emergency repairs and left the battlefield early.

However, judging from the overall battle situation, since the overall firepower configuration of the Japanese warships is still lower than that of the Korean navy, the situation is gradually being suppressed.

The North Korean navy repeatedly bombarded the harbor, but it was difficult to aim because of its long range. Fortunately, it was also difficult for Japanese ships to move easily in Repulse Bay. Under the fierce fighting, the ship's position was inevitably misplaced.The two sides fought until nightfall. Although the Korean navy fired randomly day and night, the Japanese warships were also damaged by twenty large ships and several small and medium-sized ships.

Jiugui Jialong saw so many naval warships losing their combat power before fighting, he couldn't help being furious, but at the same time he felt deeply that the situation was over and there was no power to turn it back.Recalling that the Japanese navy is not without powerful firepower, it is a pity that the "new fleet" cannot be mobilized by him at all, and resentment is mixed for a while.

He was also worried that he could not bear Toyotomi Hideyoshi's anger, and in despair, he wanted to apologize, but was immediately stopped by Kato Yoshiaki.Subsequently, Kuki Yoshitaka ordered the entire army to cover Nippon Maru to break through in order to preserve the dignity of the pirate daimyo.

In fact, Nippon Maru was quite unlucky. In such a chaotic battle, it happened that the sail mast was broken by the North Korean bombardment.

But having said that, spending a lot of money can see the effect after all. This Nippon Maru is not only made of excellent wood, but also covered with solid armor, majestic, and the firepower is not bad for this place.Coupled with the full cover of the other small boats, it was really difficult for the North Korean navy to cause serious damage to Nippon Maru for a while.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that the shells of the North Korean navy have almost bottomed out at this time.In short, upon seeing this situation, Yi Sun-shin ordered to stop the attack, and Guki Jialong and Kato Yoshiaki's troops were finally able to escape from Angupo and return to Pusan.

After the war, North Korean deputy generals Song Xili and Zheng Yun congratulated Li Sunchen and asked Ji: "Lee Zuoshui, the Japanese pirates were defeated again, and the main force of the naval army was severely damaged. What Zuoshui thinks the Japanese pirates will do in the future?"

Li Sun-shin thought for a while, and after taking stock of the Japanese army's navy and land forces, he replied: "If I were a Japanese general, and seeing that the navy was hard to win, I should summon the army to rescue, and destroy the port base first.

I heard that the Japanese army is brave and good at fighting, so all the ways have fallen one after another, and our army lacks horses. If it is on land, it may be difficult to match the Japanese pirates.In this case, it is necessary to request the imperial court to allocate war horses as soon as possible, or send a large army to guard the port in case Japanese pirates attack.However, the main energy of our navy is still focused on water warfare. "

Zheng Yun first agreed with Li Sun-shin's opinion, and then said that the Japanese navy now only has one place in Busan to occupy, and if Busan can be captured, the Japanese pirates' water and land transportation lines will be completely cut off, so he persuaded Li Sun-shin to continue marching.

Li Sunchen naturally agrees. After all, since the start of the all-out war this year, he has led the naval forces to achieve almost all the victories. No matter how brave the Japanese army is, it is nothing but rootless and has no stamina.In this way, the overall victory against the Japanese army is just around the corner.

Thinking of this, Li Sunchen couldn't help feeling a little emotional, and it took him a while to calm down, and began to think about how to plan for the Battle of Busan.
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